On a recent afternoon, tour guide Justin Bates pointed to the spot where historic Jamestown’s legislature first convened in July 1619. He then gestured toward another nearby spot where some of the first slaves in English North America arrived a few weeks later.

“Freedom over there,” Bates told visitors near the banks of Virginia’s sprawling James River. “Slavery over here.”

The answers to this question show that Davidson's Bob McKillop is respected by his peers

A student at the University of Oklahoma considers whether he should be a fan in 2018. He has only a few days left to decide.

Working students can’t always choose between a job and an education. Universities shouldn’t make them.

A student at Columbia University’s School of General Studies is suing the university’s trustees and a former dean of students in federal court, alleging that the former administrator coerced her into “an inappropriate sexual and romantic relationship” this summer and that the school failed to protect her.

Marking another phase in his education agenda, Bill Gates is now taking a more targeted approach to help struggling U.S. schools.

As both Duke and the nearby University of North Carolina grapple with how to remember the past and how to navigate race today, Duke professors asked that their building be renamed so that it no longer honors the donor who dedicated the Confederate statue that protesters toppled at UNC last week. This weekend, someone vandalized a center for black culture at Duke with a racial slur.

UNC-Chapel Hill Chancellor Carol Folt said Tuesday the university will consider all options for the future placement of the toppled Silent Sam Confederate monument.

Baylor University infiltrated sexual assault survivor groups to shape PR strategy and talking points on how to handle the groups and student demonstrations, according to two sources familiar with the matter.

Washington and Lee president and board opt to keep university name and team name of Generals, as a commission recommended. But idea of moving key events out of chapel seen as shrine to Confederacy is rejected.

Saint Louis University on Tuesday announced a $50 million gift from Jeanne and Rex Sinquefield. The gift is the largest in the university's history and will support the creation of a research institute. View other colleges' largest gifts at Inside Higher Ed's fund-raising database.

Protests by minority students led Harvey Mudd College to scrutinize its notoriously intense course requirements. Campus leaders want to ease pressure on students without sacrificing rigor.

When Rutgers University combined previously siloed databases, it produced some surprising insights about student life.